Murder By The Book-related sites!

Busted Flush Press -- Owned by Murder By The Book assistant manager David Thompson. Publisher of Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir, nominated for 5 mystery awards, including the Edgar!
Dean James -- Dean James, the former manager of Murder By The Book, is an award-winning mystery novelist, and he also writes under the names Jimmie Ruth Evans and Honor Hartman.
Opera in the Heights -- Murder By The Book manager McKenna Jordan, a classically-trained violinist, is also concert master of Opera in the Heights.
Houston Farmers Market -- Murder By The Book employee Michelle McNamara manages both the Rice University & the Heights Farmers Markets.

Authors

Jeff Abbott (Edgar Award-nominated author of the Whit Mosley novels)
Megan Abbott (2006 Edgar Award-nominated author of Die a Little and The Song Is You)
Susan Wittig Albert & Bill Albert (AKA Robin Paige)
Ace Atkins
E. C. Ayres
John Baker
David Baldacci (#1 best-selling author of Absolute Power and Split Second)
Mignon Ballard
Nevada Barr
James R. Benn
Cara Black
Peter Blauner (author of Slow Motion Riot and Slipping into Darkness)
Lawrence Block
Rhys Bowen
C. J. Box
Jay Brandon
Steve Brewer
Ken Bruen
Alafair Burke (author of Judgment Calls)
James Lee Burke (Pulitzer Prize-nominated crime novelist; two-time Edgar Award winner)
Jan Burke (Edgar Award-winning author of the Irene Kelly novels)
Milton Burton
Dana Cameron (author of Site Unseen)
Lee Child
Margaret Chittenden
L. B. Cobb
Harlan Coben (author of One False Move)
Mark Coggins (author of The Immortal Game)
Nancy J. Cohen
Eoin Colfer
Michael Connelly (Edgar Award-winning author of the Harry Bosch novels)
John Connolly (author of Every Dead Thing)
Philip R. Craig
Robert Crais (author of the Elvis Cole/ Joe Pike novels)
Bill Crider (2007 Edgar Award-nominated Alvin, Texas, author)
Deborah Crombie
Linda Davies
Janet Dawson
Jeffery Deaver
Nelson DeMille
Tim Dorsey (author of the hilarious Serge A. Storms novels)
Kit Ehrman (author of At Risk and Dead Man's Touch)
Barry Eisler
Kathy Lynn Emerson
Loren Estleman (author of the Amos Walker P.I. novels)
Janet Evanovich
Robert Ferrigno  (author of The Horse Latitudes and Flinch)
Monica Ferris / Margaret Frazer
Jasper Fforde  (author of The Eyre Affair and The Well of Lost Plots)
Bill Fitzhugh (author of Pest Control and The Organ Grinders)
Kate Flora
Christopher Fowler
Earlene Fowler
Beth Foxwell (editor and short story author)
Kinky Friedman
Sue Grafton (best-selling author of the Kinsey Milhone mysteries)
Sara Gran (author of Come Closer and Dope)
Kerry Greenwood
Peter Guttridge (author of the Nick Madrid crime novels)
Jane Haddam (author of the Gregor Demarkian mysteries)
Carolyn Haines (MBTB best-selling author of Them Bones and Buried Bones)
Parnell Hall
Steve Hamilton (Edgar Award-winning author of A Cold Day in Paradise)
Charlaine Harris
Eric Harry (author of Arc Light and Society of the Mind)
Carolyn Hart
John Harvey
Pete Hautman (author of Drawing Dead and Doohickey)
Sparkle Hayter (author of Revenge of the Cootie Girls)
Julie Wray Herman (Houston author of the "Three Dirty Women" gardening mysteries)
Joan Hess
Randy Hicks (author of The Baby Game)
James Hime
Charlotte Hughes
Harry Hunsicker
Charlie Huston
Vicki Hinze (author of Shades of Gray)
Jon A. Jackson (author of the Mulheisen crime novels)
Dean James (Houston author & former manager of Murder By The Book; writing as Jimmie Ruth Evans)
Maureen Jennings
Joseph Kanon
Marne Davis Kellogg
Jonathon King (Edgar Award-winning author of The Blue Edge of Midnight)
Max Kinnings (author of Hitman and The Fixer)
Lisa Kleinholz
Harley Jane Kozak (film/TV actress -- Arachnaphobia, Parenthood -- turned mystery novelist -- Dating Dead Men)
Rochelle Krich
Joe R. Lansdale (Texas author of the Hap & Leonard series, including Bad Chili and Captains Outrageous)
Martha Lawrence (author of The Cold Heart of Capricorn)
John Lescroart
Paul Levine
David Lindsey (Texas author of chilling thrillers such as Mercy and A Cold Mind)
Laura Lippman
Sarah Lovett (author of A Desperate Silence)
John D. MacDonald
Ed McBain / Evan Hunter
Val McDermid (Anthony Award-winning author of A Place of Execution and Killing the Shadows)
Valerie Malmont (author of Death Pays the Rose Rent)
Phillip Margolin
Margaret Maron
Michele Martinez
Sujata Massey
Denise Mina
Lisa Miscione (author of Angel Fire and The Darkness Gathers)
Christopher Moore (author of Island of the Sequined Love Nun)
Deborah Morgan  (author of Death Is a Cabaret)
Katy Munger
Sharan Newman
Victor O'Reilly (best-selling author of Games of the Hangman)
Sara Paretsky
T. Jefferson Parker (author of The Blue Hour, Red Light, and Silent Joe)
James Patterson (#1 New York Times best-selling author of the Alex Cross thrillers)
Ridley Pearson (author of the Lou Boldt/Daphne Matthews novels)
George P. Pelecanos (author of Right as Rain, Hell to Pay, and the Nick Stefanos novels)
Joanne Pence
Anne Perry
Tom Piccirilli (award-winning author of The Dead Letters)
Ellery Queen
Ian Rankin
Sam Reaves (author of the Cooper MacLeish novels and Dooley's Back)
Ben Rehder (Texas author of Buck Fever)
Kathy Reichs
Rick Riordan (author of Big Red Tequila and The Widower's Two-Step)
Candace Robb
Lynda Robinson
Peter Robinson
Michael Robotham
Chris Rogers (author of the Dixie Flannigan mysteries:  Bitch Factor, Rage Factor, and Chill Factor)
Walter Satterthwait
Steven Saylor
Lisa Scottoline
Connie Shelton
Leslie Silbert
Karin Slaughter
Julie Smith (author of the Skip Langdon novels)
Walter Sorrells
Dana Stabenow
Jason Starr  (author of Hard Feelings)
Eric Stone
John Straley
Charlie Stella
Sarah Strohmeyer
Jesse Sublett
Leann Sweeney (Houston author of the Abby Rose mysteries)
Duane Swierczynski
Pari Noskin Taichert
William G. Tapply
Brad Thor
Aimee & David Thurlo
Andrew Vachss
Elaine Viets
Susan Wade
Martha Wells (author of The Death of the Necromancer)
Randy Wayne White (best-selling author of the Doc Ford thrillers)
Stephen White
Jacqueline Winspear

Mystery


Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen magazines
The Arthur Conan Doyle Society
Audio Tales -- old-time radio programs that you can hear over the Internet!
Black Raven Press
Bogie's Mystery Tours (R)
Bullets and Beer -- Website dedicated to Robert Parker's Spenser novels.
Busted Flush Press -- Owned by Murder By The Book assistant manager David Thompson. Publisher of Damn Near Dead, which includes the 2007 Edgar Award-nominated Bill Crider short story, "Cranked".
The Case
ClueLass HomePage
Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind -- Crime blog by Sarah Weinman -- the crime fiction columnist for the Baltimore Sun, a contributing editor of January Magazine, the fiction editor for SHOTS, and a commissioning editor for PointBlank Press.
Do It Yourself Murder Mystery Games
Friends of Mystery (Portland, Oregon) -- Friends of Mystery is a non-profit literary/educational organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Its purpose is to promote educational study in all realms related to mystery. Members are interested in fiction, true crime, how mysteries are solved, and many other aspects of knowledge that can be included in the term "mystery."
The Ghost Story Society
The Gumshoe Site
Historic Mystery Appreciation Society
Magical Mystery Tour
Malice Domestic
Murder Mystery Party Game
Mystery Net
Mystery Readers Journal
Mystery Scene Magazine
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America -- Southwest chapter!
Silver Dagger Press! -- this fine imprint of Southern-set mysteries publishes many wonderful authors, from Deborah Adams and Mignon Ballard to Houston writers Julie Wray Herman and MBTB store manager Dean James!
Sisters in Crime
Sisters in Crime (Houston chapter)
Tangled Web
Tart City
Web of Mystery

Rare/used book dealers we like!

Pat Juelg / Elliott Books
Christine Kovach, Bookseller -- Mystery, science fiction, and horror first editions.
Mordida Books, Mystery & Detective Fiction

Miscellaneous

Brazos Bookstore -- Along with MBTB, one of Houston's remaining independent bookstores. Their stock tends to be more on the literary side, and they have a great selection of most fiction, non-fiction, travel, history, art, and architecture.
A&E Network
Houston's Alley Theatre
Houston Chronicle -- Be sure to grab a copy of every Sunday's "Zest" section and check out the frequent mystery reviews from MBTB customer John Clutterbuck.
houston.sidewalk.com
Read Assist -- A website devoted to providing sci-fi and fantasy novels to those who have difficulty holding a book.
Texas Online
Hollywood Frame Gallery